King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3722
Transliteration: orthros
Phonetic Spelling: (or'-thros)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: daybreak, dawn
Meaning: daybreak, dawn
ὄρθρος, ὄρθρου, ὁ (from ὈΡΩ, ὄρνυμι to stir up, rouse; cf. Latinorior,ortus), from Hesiod down; the Sept. for שַׁחַר dawn, and several times for בֹּקֶר; daybreak, dawn: ὄρθρου βαθέος or βαθέως (see βαθέως and βαθύς (on the genitive cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 11; Buttmann, § 132, 26)), at early dawn, Luke 24:1; ὄρθρου, at daybreak, at dawn, early in the morning, John 8:2 (Hesiod, Works, 575; the Sept. Jeremiah 25:4; Jeremiah 33:5 (), etc.); ὑπό τόν ὄρθρον, Acts 5:21 (Dio Cassius, 76, 17).
Word Summary
orthros: daybreak, dawn
Original Word: ὄρθροςTransliteration: orthros
Phonetic Spelling: (or'-thros)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: daybreak, dawn
Meaning: daybreak, dawn
Strong's Concordance
early in the morning. From the same as oros; dawn (as sun-rise, rising of light); by extension, morn -- early in the morning.
see GREEK oros
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3722: ὄρθροςὄρθρος, ὄρθρου, ὁ (from ὈΡΩ, ὄρνυμι to stir up, rouse; cf. Latinorior,ortus), from Hesiod down; the Sept. for שַׁחַר dawn, and several times for בֹּקֶר; daybreak, dawn: ὄρθρου βαθέος or βαθέως (see βαθέως and βαθύς (on the genitive cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 11; Buttmann, § 132, 26)), at early dawn, Luke 24:1; ὄρθρου, at daybreak, at dawn, early in the morning, John 8:2 (Hesiod, Works, 575; the Sept. Jeremiah 25:4; Jeremiah 33:5